Did you hear me yelling at the TV?
American Idol Gives Back: I caught part of the last hour, but couldn't take it.
Guys, you don't need millions of dollars in private donations or semi-celebrity cameos or over-orchestrated arrangements.
- Live below sea level? Move. Live in the desert? Likewise. The Appalachans? People still live there? Why?? It's called "the bus..."
- Africa needs zippers, not condoms. You'd think from last night's show that AIDS magically generates in little children's bodies like mythical maggots. No cause and effect in Africa, apparently. Can no one just control their urges for five minutes?
- Millions of Africans die of malaria because an evil dead white lady and her commie friends banned DDT. So bring it back.
- Why are "so many" American children "living in poverty"? Because their unmarried parents dropped out of high school. Whose fault is that? Plus: See "control your urges" above.
No mention of any of this last night, naturally. Just cliched guilt tripping and feel-good feel-badness. An embarrassing waste of everyone's time, which will accomplish precisely nothing.